beg
verb (used with object)
to ask for as a gift, as charity, or as a favor: to beg forgiveness.
begged
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past participleof beg.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof beg.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
begverb (used with object)to ask for as a gift, as charity, or as a favor: to beg forgiveness.
Example Sentences
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The legendary decathlete who climbed 99 steps to light the cauldron at the Coliseum in 1984 just begged Wasserman not to repeat the punishing path.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 2026
For five years, Sister Schubert’s fans asked, begged and eventually petitioned for the return of a frozen food composed of two things: a small smoked sausage and a soft Parker House roll.
From Salon ● Sep. 7, 2026
She begged staff to let her keep him.
From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2026
Melanoma patients and their family members who testified at the hearing disagreed and begged the agency to approve the medicine.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
Over and over again, she begged, “Please, please, if you have my daughters, please let them go. Let them come home. They’re all I’ve got.”
From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall
